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Prices are just a guide and could cost more or less depending on where purchased and changing prices so for current prices click staticICE or check out PCPARTPICKER which may even point out a potential compatibility issue with your build
There is so many different brands and models most are fine so for mb\gpu look up reviews for yourself and decide. The mb I suggest for example are mostly based on price\features so there's a good chance you will find something better suited to your needs2018 CPU ReviewTechpowerup GPU Performance Summary 2019RAM Performance Reviews

Blocks
CPU
XSPC RayStorm $59 (lots of other blocks out there that would make a fine choice but this one performs well at a great price)
GPU
EK-VGA Supreme HF - Acetal $55
Swiftech MCW82 VGA $59
XSPC RayStorm GPU $62
EK-VGA Supreme HF Bridge E. - Acetal $68
Depending on gpu you will need to add hs on mem\pwm but these are flexible good value\performance block'sMartinsLiquidLab22 CPU Block's ReviewSkinneelabs 2011 RoundupUniversal GPU Blocks

Rads
There is heaps more rads out there this is just a few examples
Swiftech MCR320-QP 410x128x34mm 1063g 14FPI $69
Swiftech MCR420-QP Radiator $89
XSPC RX360 410x125x58.5mm 8fpi $109
Black Ice SR1 480 517x133x54 9FPI $129
XSPC RX480 125x58.5x???mm 8fpi $149
ThermoChill PA 120.3 405x129x60 10FPI $159.50
ThermoChill PA120.4 524x129x60 ~2Kg 10FPI $189
ThermoChill PA140.3 480x142x60 ~2Kg 10FPI $199
Black Ice SR1 560 480 605x153x55.9 9FPI $179
Thermochil and Black Ice make some of the highest quality cleanest finish rads available but you pay for it
Swiftech rads give excellent performance for your $ with a fan like the 1850rpm gt
XSPC are also very good but may need a bit more of a rinse to flush out crap before installing

extra costs to the above
barbs
clamps
fans
7/16" ID tubing works well as it is a snug fit over 1/2" and can be more flexible than 1/2" tube but both are ok
if you dont get a res to save space\cost a T piece can work well

Total cost of watercooling with a cpu\gpu block is ~$350+ but you can keep most these parts over many builds provided you can mount the blocks on the new gear

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biggest problem seems to be it falls way behind i7 when it comes to multitasking its closer to the q9550 really but it is a bit cheaper still dosnt seem worth the extra over e8400 to me maybe if there was a good value ddr2 mb for it that it performed well with

AMD Phenom II Quad Core 955 $379

Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P $280

6GB DDR3 OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK PC3-12800 C7 $210

WD Black 640GB $126.5

PIONEER DVR-217BK $37

Corsair TX-650 650W ATX $165 1 gpu

Corsair TX-750 750W ATX $209 2 gpu's

$1198-1242+gpu

magnumxy

Gigabyte EX58-Extreme cant run 3 pci-e slots at 16x although i doubt you would notice a difference between x16x8x8 and x16x16x16 thats why i went with that asus mb

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Gigabyte EX58-Extreme cant run 3 pci-e slots at 16x although i doubt you would notice a difference between x16x8x8 and x16x16x16 thats why i went with that asus mb

and i may aswell add the os extra os ta

There is a noticeable difference...

at High res yea but anything under 1920x1200 and its the same.

for anything under 1920x1200 and you wont be running 3 way sli\cf but yer

raradawg mind pointing me to something that shows this noticeable difference? from what i have seen so far when using single gpu cards and as long as its pci-e 2.0 the difference is barely measurable let alone noticeable